Isaiah 16:7:4Isa.16.7.W4TAB
לְמוֹאָ֖ב
lemoav
“for Moab”
- Transliteration
- le-mo-AV
- Extended
- leh-moh-AV
- IPA
- /ləmoːˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- for Moab
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mo-AV
- clause
la-KHEN ye-ye-LIL mo-AV le-mo-AV ku-LO ye-ye-LIL
- sentence
la-KHEN ye-ye-LIL mo-AV le-mo-AV ku-LO ye-ye-LIL la-a-shi-SHE kir-kha-RE-set te-he-GU AKH-ne-kha-IM
Exegesis
The Piel imperfect yeyelil {יְיֵלִּיל | yə-yê-lîl} ‘will wail’ applies first to the proper noun moav {מוֹאָב | mō-’āḇ} and then to the pronominal suffix in kullo {כֻּלֹּה | kūl-lō}, forming a chiastic parallelism that intensifies communal lament.
In context — Isaiah 16:7
Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; all of it will wail. For the raisin-cakes of Kir-Hareseth you will groan, utterly stricken.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 16:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 16:7, so the Hebrew word לְמוֹאָ֖ב (lemoav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Isa.16.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.16.7.W4.S1) and character.